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David Duffy David Duffy, the chief executive of the owners of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks has been picked by the Treasury as the newly-created fintech envoy for England, as part of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first fintech strategy announced this week.

Winning Data Nations team (left to right) Bachar Zaghbour, Angelo Mermiklis, Alex Cunningham, Tynah Matembe, Jewel Nguyen The overall winner of this year’s Datathon has been announced by its hosts, business advisory firm Deloitte, as Data Nations, a team of data experts who developed FinTastic; a

Catriona Finnie New lower-rate Scottish taxpayers could be required to pay out extra money to cover the tax relief currently received on their charitable donations. The news follows analysis by Edinburgh accountants Chiene + Tait of the Scottish tax bands which will come into effect this April.

Steven Brown Scottish law firm Harper Macleod has concluded one of its biggest deals to date in the marine sector – on the other side of the world.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the sale of Cerico, its Glasgow-based online compliance solutions business, to business and financial information firm Dow Jones for an undisclosed sum.

Edinburgh-based asset management firm Martin Currie increased assets under management last year by more than 50 per cent to £14.5 billion from £9.3 billion.

The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak is to close down.

Allison Devine Allison Devine, who this year became the first ever female senior partner at Scottish accountancy firm Alexander Sloan, which at 151 years old is one of Scotland’s longest established firms of accountants and business advisers, talks to Scottish Financial News about her rapid rise a

Jane Portas The combination of growing debt, lower earnings and a lack of confidence when it comes to dealing with financial matters is putting millennial women at greater risk of an old age in poverty, new research carried out by PwC on behalf of Insuring Women's Futures (IWF) has found.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached an agreement to settle the latest of its misconduct cases after striking a deal to pay $500 million (£359.7 million) to the American state of New York over the mis-selling of financial products in the lead up to the 2008 global financial crisis.

Donald Borland Fife furniture group Havelock Europa has commenced a search process for a new finance head after it announced that Donald Borland will resign as chief financial officer and company secretary in April.

Graeme Thomson Scots are leaving their loved ones open to distress and hassle by overlooking their online lives in their will – according to both legal and cyber security experts.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the former Chair of Co-operative Bank, Paul Flowers, known as "the Crystal Methodist" from the financial services industry.

Jon Shelley PwC's corporate finance team in Scotland has advised on the sale of subsea technology, equipment and engineering consultancy business Ecosse Subsea Systems (“ESS”) to American subsea engineering firm Oceaneering International Inc. for £50 million, acting as lead financial advisor to

Andrew Howie With a record number of young people taking up Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland, new research released from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP, ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March), finds that attitudes towards apprenticeship programmes are becom